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...North Korea has lately been sending signals that it might not cooperate with that prediction. During his July 19 visit to Pyongyang, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that strongman Kim Jong Il had told him North Korea would shelve its intercontinental ballistic missile program if other countries would launch several of its satellites at their expense. Washington was skeptical. Was Kim making the offer? Or was this an offer Putin hoped he would make so Moscow could derail the U.S. missile defense plan, which it opposes...
...Suspicions increased nine days later when Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met North Korean foreign minister Paek Nam Sun at a conference in Bangkok. Paek told Albright he could say nothing about Kim's offer. American diplomats say either Kim never made the offer or he simply hadn't told Paek about his conversation with Putin. The latter is possible since U.S. officials believe that Paek is only a flunky; Kim runs the country's foreign policy...
...Kim stressed how important this grant is to furthering the goal of global health equity...
...There is no program that has effectively taken on MDR-TB," Kim said. "Because we've been working in Peru and they have the best national program for TB control it's a great place for us to start...
...goal is two-fold Kim said...